Generalized cohesiveness

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1997-09-11

arxiv.org/abs/math/9709204v1

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We study some generalized notions of cohesiveness which arise naturally in connection with effective versions of Ramsey's Theorem. An infinite set $A$ of natural numbers is $n$--cohesive (respectively, $n$--r--cohesive) if $A$ is almost homogeneous for every computably enumerable (respectively, computable) $2$--coloring of the $n$--element sets of natural numbers. (Thus the $1$--cohesive and $1$--r--cohesive sets coincide with the cohesive and r--cohesive sets, respectively.) We consider the degrees of unsolvability and arithmetical definability levels of $n$--cohesive and $n$--r--cohesive sets. For example, we show that for all $n \ge 2$, there exists a $\Delta^0_{n+1}$ $n$--cohesive set. We improve this result for $n = 2$ by showing that there is a $\Pi^0_2$ $2$--cohesive set. We show that the $n$--cohesive and $n$--r--cohesive degrees together form a linear, non--collapsing hierarchy of degrees for $n \geq 2$. In addition, for $n \geq 2$ we characterize the jumps of $n$--cohesive degrees as exactly the degrees ${\bf \geq \jump{0}{(n+1)}}$ and show that each $n$--r--cohesive degree has jump ${\bf > \jump{0}{(n)}}$.

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